Royal Australian Air Force: Cracking the recruitment efficiency code

The Australian Air Force needed to increase recruitment for specific technical jobs. This brief case study describes how the organisation used "codes" hidden in the HTML of recruitment banner ads to entice applicants with an interest in code-cracking and challenges.

Royal Australian Air Force: Cracking the recruitment efficiency code

Agency: George Patterson Y&R Melbourne

Advertiser: Defence Force Recruiting

Author: Adrian Mills & Tom Ward

Total Campaign Expenditure: Under $500K

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGE

Every child wants to grow up to be a Maverick, a Goose or a Jester, right? * So how hard can it be to recruit great candidates for the Australian Air Force?

Well, the answer is - harder than you'd think.

There's a good reason for this. Whilst a large part of the role of those with responsibility for recruitment to the...

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